September 7, 2005Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC) of Green Bay, WI, USA, has signed a letter of intent to be acquired by Barry-Wehmiller Companies Inc., of St. Louis, MO. PCMC is a major manufacturer of tissue converting equipment, packaging machinery, flexo p…

September 7, 20053 Sigma expands
its plant in Ohio
3 Sigma Corporation, a supplier of specialty coated and adhesive products, is expanding its operation in Troy, OH, USA, and has broken ground for a 45,000 square foot addition. The facility will grow from its curr…

September 7, 2005Multi-Color wins award from Miller Brewing
Miller Brewing Company, of Milwaukee, WI, USA has recognized Multi-Color Corporation as its “Supplier of the Year” for 2004. Multi-Color recently acquired NorthStar Print Group, which had won th…

September 7, 2005The Flexographic Trade School (FTS), located in Fort Mill, SC, USA, is becoming a major training facility for prepress technicians as well as for press operators. The technological expansion coincides with the acquisition of a 50 percent share of the…

September 7, 2005Nilpeter’s Eriksen
wins Lifetime award
Lars Eriksen, owner and president of Nilpeter A/S, of Denmark, is the 2005 winner of the R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award. The decision was made in June by judges of the Label Industry Global…

July 20, 2005Is the clock ticking
for UK label executives?
How important are the leaders of a company to its financial performance? UK industry analyst Plimsoll Publishing Ltd. says the UK label industry will soon find out since one in four of its company direc…

July 20, 2005Wireless inspection
enhances
management
Tectonic International in Wales, UK, claims to offer the industry’s first low cost print inspection system with wireless image transfer. The new K2it series can transfer 22 MB of image data per second…

July 20, 2005Zipher wins patent suit vs. Markem
The United Kingdom Court of Appeal recently ruled in favor of Zipher Ltd. of Nottingham in its lengthy legal battle with Markem Corporation. At stake was the disputed ownership of Zipher’s patented thermal tr…

July 20, 2005Esko-Graphics
incorporates Certified PDF
Momentum is building to ensure that the Certified PDF format achieves industry-standard status as a preflight tool for modern prepress workflows. It was recently boosted by news that Esko-Graphics has begu…

July 20, 2005espite their financial woes, European converters still serve an expanding market. An indication of this is that label stock manufacturers are still working near to capacity. In the case of release base papers, one of the largest manufacturers —…

July 20, 2005Max Daetwyler
Max Daetwyler, founder of Max Daetwyler Corporation, died April 7 after a long illness. He was 89. His company, based in Switzerland, is a manufacturer of equipment to the flexographic and gravure industries.
He had an understanding o…

July 20, 2005Raflatac, Tampere, Finland — Jussi Vanhanen has been appointed senior VP, based in Shanghai, China. Jan-Erik Forsström has been appointed VP of operations and technology based in Tampere.…

July 20, 2005Re-register system
Rotary Technologies
Orlando FL USA
The Servo3000 digital re-register system is portable and can be used on any web press. It adds more colors or die cuts to jobs at full speed with low waste, and adds specialty finishing, such a…

July 20, 2005Print management
Tailored Solutions
Milwaukee WI USA
Label Traxx version 4.1 includes more than 60 enhancements, including the support of digital presses and screen printing, and layout advancements. It also reduces keystrokes and entries required…

July 20, 2005Digital products
3M Converter Markets
St. Paul MN USA
3M has introduced a new line of label materials for digital printing: HP Indigo-
optimized polyester and polypropylene face stocks. Materials are available in
smaller minimums, as low as a…

July 20, 2005Hologram insetting
Omet
Lecco Italy
The Hologram-Insetting unit can deposit holograms up to six ways, in-line, on the Varyflex press. The unit adds holograms to labels, plastic films and flexible cartons. It has been tested at a speed of 80 meters…

July 20, 2005Transparent
substrate
Ritrama
Minneapolis MN USA
ClearFlex is a transparent label substrate that works on both rigid clear plastic bottles and flexible, squeezable clear plastic tubes. It is based on high clarity polypropylene incorporating grea…

July 20, 2005Glueless turret rewinder
CTC International
West Caldwell NJ USA
A glueless-start version of the Small Wonder Automatic Turret Rewinder uses a tucking system to automatically start the winding of small label rolls without the need for core glue. Th…

July 20, 2005Protective film
Toray Plastics
North Kingstown RI USA
PET Lumirror PS10 film is made with a co-extruded sheet consisting of a thin layer of an amorphous material over a thicker layer of crystalline polyester. It offers cure stability, resistance t…

July 20, 2005Primer coating
UVitec Printing Ink
Lodi NJ USA
The 18457-87 UV Flexo Primer Coating provides a base that accepts ink on a non-primed substrate, and provides lamination to offer scuff resistance. It can be made in a flexo application or paste versi…

July 20, 2005Drukkerij Vrijdag, a converter of prime labels based in Eindhoven, Netherlands, is 100 years old. The company celebrated its centary on April 9 with a big party for past and present employees.
The occasion drew notice from high places. Queen Beatrix…

July 20, 2005CMM 2005 showcases
converting machinery
For four days in April, manufacturers of converting equipment and supplies exhibited their latest products at CMM International. The event was held at Chicago’s McCormick Place.
Though a signific…